Size, bag limits lifted at Holbrook Reservoir

Size and bag limits, as well as methods of catching fish were lifted on 7-11-14 becauseHolbrook Reservoir near Lakeview is expected to go dry because of irrigation needs.
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Because Holbrook Reservoir near Lakeview probably will go dry to meet irrigation demands, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is lifting size and bag limits as well as permitted fishing methods at the reservoir.

Through the end of the year you can catch and keep as many fish as you want by hand, using a dip net or by conventional rod-and-reel.

Dave Banks, the department's fish biologist in Lakeview, said that the area has received about 30 percent of average precipitation this year.

Fishing at Holbrook is allowed by a memorandum of understanding between Fish and Wildlife and a private landowner.

It will be only the third time in the 33-year history of the agreement that the landowner will be unable to maintain minimum water levels to support fish.